8-letter words containing m, e, i, l, t
- metrical — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- michelet — Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1798–1874, French historian.
- miguelet — miquelet.
- milepost — any of a series of posts set up to mark distance by miles, as along a highway, or an individual post showing the distance to or from a place.
- milicent — a female given name.
- militate — to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
- milstein — Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- minstrel — a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- miquelet — (in the Peninsular War) a Spanish guerrilla who fought against the French.
- misalter — to alter wrongly
- misletoe — Archaic form of mistletoe.
- misspelt — Simple past tense and past participle of misspell.
- misstyle — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- mistitle — (transitive) To title incorrectly; to give the wrong name to.
- mitchell — Arthur, born 1934, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and ballet company director.
- moatlike — Resembling a moat or some aspect of one.
- modelist — a person who makes models, as of airplanes.
- mollient — Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
- motelier — a person running or owning a motel or motel chain
- mothlike — Resembling a moth or some aspect of one.
- moulinet — a portable pulley device for bending crossbow or turning the drum of a crane
- moultrie — William, 1730–1805, U.S. general.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- multeity — (rare) manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- multijet — Of or pertaining to multiple jets (spouts or nozzles).
- multiped — having many feet.
- multiple — consisting of, having, or involving several or many individuals, parts, elements, relations, etc.; manifold.
- multiuse — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- muslinet — a thick type of muslin
- mustelid — any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- myelitis — inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- nimblest — Superlative form of nimble.
- old-time — belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.: old-time sailing ships; an old-time piano player.
- oldtimer — An elderly person.
- outsmile — to outdo in smiling or overcome by smiling
- pelmatic — of or relating to the sole of the foot
- petalism — a form of expulsion that typically lasted for five years and was dealt to those who were seen to have treacherous aspirations and objectives and was carried out in Syracuse in Ancient Greece
- playtime — time for play or recreation.
- plumbite — a substance containing lead oxide
- polemist — a person who is engaged or versed in polemics.
- prelimit — to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.
- remittal — a remission.
- rolamite — (sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- septimal — of or based on the number seven.
- simplest — easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.